Newspapers, radio, and television in the Quad Cities area of the United States.

Print Three local daily newspapers serve the Quad Cities, all of them morning editions. The Quad-City Times, based in Davenport, is circulated throughout the Quad Cities metropolitan area, including Davenport, Bettendorf and Scott County in Iowa; and Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Rock Island County in Illinois. The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus, published in East Moline, is a daily newspaper based on the Illinois side. While the Times has a primary focus on the Iowa side, and a majority of the coverage in the Argus and Dispatch is on the Illinois side, both newspapers cover the entire Quad Cities.

The daily newspaper serving Henry County, Illinois, is the Star Courier, based in Kewanee.

Weekly newspapers in the Quad Cities include The North Scott Press, based in Eldridge and covering northern Scott County and the North Scott Community School District; the Erie Review (based in Erie in Whiteside County, Illinois, but also including coverage of upper Rock Island County including Port Byron and the Riverdale Community Unit School District 100); and Henry County weeklies including the Cambridge Chronicle, Geneseo Republic and Orion Gazette. The Aledo Times-Record is the weekly newspaper for Mercer County.

The River Cities' Reader is the area's alternative weekly. In addition to in-depth stories and editorials covering government and culture in the Quad Cities, issues of the Reader contain listings of arts and entertainment events taking place throughout the area, and provides critical reviews for regional art exhibitions, music concerts, and theatrical performances.

Radio Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.

FM Freq Call City Owner Start ERP (W) Branding Format RDS HD 88.1WAXR Geneseo American Family Association 2001 3,000 88.1 WAXR Religious 88.5KALA Davenport St. Ambrose University 1967 10,000 88.5 KALA College radio 89.3WDLM-FM East Moline Moody Bible Institute 1980 100,000 89.3 WDLM Religious 90.3WVIK Rock Island Augustana College 1963 31,000 90.3 WVIK Public Radio, News/talk 90.7WVKC Galesburg Knox College 1961 1,000 Tri States Radio College radio 91.1KNSB Bettendorf University of Northern Iowa 2010 740 91.1 KNSB Public Radio 91.7KSUI Iowa City University of Iowa 1948 100,000 91.7 KSUI Classical 92.5WGVV-LP Rock Island Quad Cities Community Broadcasting Group 2004 66 Groove 92.5 Urban Contemporary 93.1KMCS Muscatine Krieger Media Company 1996 4,400 MC93 Adult Hits 93.5KJOC Bettendorf Townsquare Media 1984 6,000 I-Rock 93.5 Active rock 93.9KQCJ Cambridge Virden Broadcasting Corporation 2003 4,200 Planet 93.9 FM Alternative Rock 94.5K233AA Davenport University of Northern Iowa 1980 170 90.9 KUNI News/Talk, Adult Alternative 94.7KMCN Clinton Gendreau Broadcast LLC 1970 3,000 Mac 94.7 Adult Hits 96.1KMXG Clinton iHeartMedia 1947 100,000 Mix 96 Adult Contemporary 96.9WXLP Moline Townsquare Media 1970 50,000 97X Classic rock 98.3W252EM Davenport Augustana College 2023 250 WVIK-HD2 Classical 98.9WLKU Rock Island Educational Media Foundation 1947 39,000 K-Love Christian AC 99.7KBEA-FM Muscatine Townsquare Media 1949 100,000 B100 Contemporary hit radio 101.3KUUL East Moline iHeartMedia 1976 50,000 101.3 KISS FM Contemporary hit radio 102.1K271AF Eldridge University of Northern Iowa 1999 250 90.9 KUNI News/Talk, Adult Alternative 102.3WRMJ Aledo WRMJ LLC 1979 3,000 Today's Country - Your All Time Favorites Country 102.5WJRE Kewanee Virden Broadcasting Corporation 1966 6,000 Hog Country 102.5 Country 103.1KTJT-LP Davenport Davenport Educational Association 2005 100 Religious 103.7WLLR-FM Davenport iHeartMedia 1948 100,000 103.7 WLLR Country 104.5K283BV Davenport iHeartMedia 2015 250 Alt 104.5 Alternative Rock 104.9KIIK-FM DeWitt Townsquare Media 1977 12,000 US 104.9 Country 106.1K291BP Bettendorf St. Ambrose University 250 88.5 KALA College, Variety 106.5KCQQ Davenport iHeartMedia 1966 100,000 Big 106.5 Classic Hits 107.1K296GZ Davenport Grace Community Church of Amarillo 2022 250 Radio By Grace Religious 107.7WQUD Erie JMRW, LLC 2015 6,000 Vintage Radio Oldies, classic country 107.9KRQC-LP Davenport Davenport Adventist Radio 2004 100 Davenport Adventist Radio Religious

displays artist and title on Radio Data System FM translator: repeats another station's program K296GZ is separately owned from WLLR-FM but utilizes WLLR's third HD Radio digital subchannel via a leasing agreement to relay the Radio By Grace network programming to the K296GZ translator

AM Freq Call City Owner Start Day Power (W) Night Power Branding Format Stereo HD860KWPC Muscatine Krieger Media Company 1947 250 8 AM 860 KWPC Classic Country 960WDLM East Moline Moody Bible Institute 1960 520 20 WDLM Christian Talk 1230WFXN Moline iHeartMedia 1946 1,000 1,000 Fox Sports 1230 Sports 1420WOC Davenport iHeartMedia 1922 5,000 5,000 News Talk 1420 News/Talk

In addition, the Quad Cities had four AM allocations that are now silent:

WKBF, which went on the air in 1925 (originally as WHBF) at 1270 AM and last formatted Mexican/Hispanic music as "La Jefe 1270." The station went off the air in the fall of 2018, and its license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on June 1, 2020. An allocation at 1500 AM, assigned to Geneseo, Illinois, which went silent in the late 1990s and held the call letters WGEN. The station had been paired with an FM signal at 104.9, which was later sold to other owners (currently Townsquare Media) and its city of license moved to DeWitt, Iowa. An allocation at 1580 AM, which has been silent since 2000 after several years of format and ownership changes. That station was last known as KFQC, a black gospel station. The station originally signed on the air in 1952 as KFMA, and at its height was known as KWNT and formatted country music. Various formats, including urban contemporary and nostalgia/adult standards, would air on the frequency from the early 1980s until going off the air. 1170 AM, which was originally KSTT from 1946 to 1984, KKZX from 1984 to 1987, KSTT from 1987 to 1993, KJOC from 1993 to 2014, and KBOB from 2014 until 2025. Most recent owner Townsquare Media took the station silent in February 2025 and had the Federal Communications Commission cancel the station's broadcast license in July 2025.

Television

Virt.Ch. Call City Owner Operator Start DigitalCh. DTV Nickname Programming4.1WHBFRock Island Nexstar Media Group Nexstar Media Group 1950 4align=right Local 4 CBS4.2 align=right Court TV 4.2 Court TV4.3 align=right Grit 4.3 Grit4.4 align=right Escape 4.4 Court TV Mystery6.1KWQCDavenport Gray Television Gray Television 1949 17 align=right TV 6 NBC6.2 align=right Ion 6.2 Ion Television6.3 align=right Cozi 6.3 Cozi TV6.4 align=right H&I 6.4 Heroes & Icons6.5 align=right Start TV 6.5 Start TV6.6 align=right Circle TV 6.6 Circle TV8.1WQADMoline Tegna Tegna 1963 31 align=right News 8 ABC8.2 align=right Antenna TV 8-2 Antenna TV8.3 align=right MyTV 8-3 MyNetworkTV8.4 align=right True Crime 8-4 True Crime Network8.5 align=right Twist 8-5 Twist8.6 align=right Quest 8-6 Quest8.7 align=right Newsy 8-7 Newsy18.1KLJBDavenport Mission Broadcasting Nexstar Media Group 1985 30 align=right Fox 18 Fox18.2 align=right Me-TV Quad Cities Me-TV18.3 align=right Rewind TV Quad Cities Rewind TV18.4 align=right Bounce Quad Cities Bounce TV24.1WQPTMoline Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Western Illinois University-Quad Cities 1983 23 align=right WQPT PBS24.2 align=right WQPT Worldview Deutsche Welle26.1KGCWBurlington Nexstar Media Group Nexstar Media Group 1988 21 align=right Quad Cities CW The CW26.2 align=right This TV 26.2 This TV26.3 align=right Laff 26.3 Laff26.4 align=right Local 4 CBS36.1KQINDavenport Iowa Public Broadcasting Board Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1991 34 align=right IPBS HD PBS36.2 align=right IPBS Kids PBS Kids36.3 align=right IPBS World World36.4 align=right IPBS Create Create53.1WMWCGalesburg Trinity Broadcasting Network Trinity Broadcasting Network 2012 8 align=right TBN 53 Trinity Broadcasting Network53.2 align=right TCC 53.2 Hillsong Channel53.3 align=right JUCE 53.3 JUCE TV/Smile53.4 align=right Enlace 53.4 Enlace53.5 align=right Salsa 53.5 TBN Salsa